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‘I, Daniel Blake’ poses important questions about the individual and the state

Nick O’BrienFebruary 7, 2018
It is not every day that a film about administrative justice wins a BAFTA. Ken Loach's success with I, Daniel Blake, a film in part about the protagonist's trag...
CommentMedia & cultureUKWelfare & Inequality4 min read

Three dangerous generalisations you could be making about populism

Daphne HalikiopoulouFebruary 5, 2018
Right-wing populist parties competed in most electoral contests that took place in Europe in 2017, often as main contenders for power. Marine Le Pen’s Front Nat...
ElectionsEuropeLong ReadsWelfare & Inequality9 min read

Westminster too: Addressing sexual harassment in politics

Mona Lena KrookJanuary 31, 2018
In October 2017, allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein inspired millions of women around the world to use the #MeToo hashtag to draw attention...
FeminismInternational politics5 min read

Why universities make inequality worse (and what we can do about it)

Alan WareJanuary 18, 2018
University education in Britain currently exhibits two serious problems of social justice. There are far more graduates than jobs requiring the skills obtained ...
CommentEducationUKWelfare & Inequality4 min read

Learning from New Labour

Ben JacksonJanuary 15, 2018
The twentieth anniversary of Labour’s 1997 election victory passed without much comment last year – among other reasons, the hectic pace of political developmen...
CommentElectionsMedia & culture5 min read

Is going to university in Britain worth it?

Dennis AhlburgJanuary 10, 2018
In his recent article in The Political Quarterly, Alan Ware claimed that for most students, higher education was not worth the cost. However, this view is incon...
CommentEducationWelfare & Inequality5 min read

Ownership and inequality in the robotic age

Mathew LawrenceJanuary 8, 2018
The growing capability of machines has raised the spectre of mass technologically induced unemployment and profound economic disruption. Yet despite the acceler...
EconomyLong ReadsScience & techUKWelfare & Inequality6 min read

Review: Revolutionary Yiddishland. A History of Jewish Radicalism, by Alain Brossat and Sylvie Klingberg

Elfi PallisJanuary 4, 2018
This is a fascinating study chronicling the role of radical Jews from Yiddishland (not a country but a huge linguistic region) in the struggle for a better worl...
EuropeMedia & cultureReviews3 min read

“Democracy is really struggling to cope”: Interview with David Runciman

anyapearson2December 24, 2017
I caught up with David Runciman, Professor of Politics at Cambridge University, after he delivered The Political Quarterly's annual lecture 'Nobody knows anythi...
ElectionsInterviewsMedia & culture13 min read

Faring badly: EU ruling another blow for Uber

Geoff Dudley, David Banister and Tim SchwanenDecember 22, 2017
A favourite saying of Uber chief executive and co-founder Travis Kalanick was that ‘it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission,’ but recent events sugg...
CommentEconomyEurope6 min read

Class still matters, but it is more complicated than that

Rachel ReevesDecember 20, 2017
We asked a selection of authors to respond to ‘The New Politics of Class’ by Geoffrey Evans and James Tilley Writing in mid-2017, it is very hard for anyone to...
CommentElectionsUKWelfare & Inequality3 min read

Occupation class is on the decline, but cultural class is on the rise

Eric KaufmannDecember 18, 2017
We asked a selection of authors to respond to ‘The New Politics of Class’ by Geoffrey Evans and James Tilley The New Politics of Class by Geoffrey Evans and Ja...
CommentEconomy3 min read
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